| 单词 | 的信件 |
| 释义 | 〔decretal〕A decree, especially a papal letter giving a decision on a point or question of canon law.法令集：法令，尤指就教会法规的某一点或某一问题作出决定的罗马教皇的信件〔Montagu〕English writer noted for her erudite and amusing letters, first published inTurkish Letters (1763). 蒙塔古夫人，玛丽·沃尔雷：(1689-1762) 英国作家，以其博学幽默的信件而闻名，最先发表在《土耳其信札》 （1763年）中 〔serendipity〕We are indebted to the English author Horace Walpole for coining the wordserendipity. In one of his 3,000 or more letters, on which his literary reputation primarily rests,and specifically in a letter of January 28, 1754,Walpole says that "this discovery, indeed, is almost of that kind which I call Serendipity, a very expressive word.”Perhaps the word itself came to him by serendipity.Walpole formed the word on an old name for Sri Lanka,Serendip. He explained that this name was part of the title of "a silly fairy tale, calledThe Three Princes of Serendip : as their highnesses traveled, they were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of . . . One of the most remarkable instances of thisaccidental sagacity ( for you must observe thatno discovery of a thing you are looking for, comes under this description) was of my Lord Shaftsbury [Anthony Ashley Cooper],who happening to dine at Lord Chancellor Clarendon's [Edward Hyde],found out the marriage of the Duke of York [later James II] and Mrs. Hyde [Anne Hyde, Clarendon's daughter], by the respect with which her mother [Frances Aylesbury Hyde] treated her at table.”我们非常感激英国作家霍勒斯·沃尔浦尔创造了单词serendipity。 他文学上的声誉主要依靠他的三千封或更多的信件中的一封，尤其是写于1754年一月二十八日的信中，沃尔浦尔说道“这一发现，实际上几乎是我称作意外发现珍奇事物的本领，一个非常有意味的词。”可能他得到这个单词也是靠意外发现珍奇事物的本领。沃尔浦尔创造这个词源自斯里兰卡的旧称Serendip 。 他解释说这个名字是“一个朴素的神话故事，称作The Three Princes of Serendip （斯里兰卡的三个王子）的童话”的名字的一部分： 当这些殿下旅行时，他们总是通过意外和精明地发现他们并没有寻求的东西…这种accidental sagacity（意外的聪慧） 的最著名的实例( 你必须注意到根据这种描述你没有 发现你 正在 寻找的东西） 是我的沙夫茨伯里老爷，偶然在钱塞勒·克拉伦登老爷处用餐时，发现了约克的杜克同海德夫人的婚事是根据她的母亲在吃饭款待她时发现的”〔devise〕devised a new system for handling mail orders.设计一个新的信件处理系统〔frank〕A franked piece of mail.免费邮寄的信件〔Xerox〕A trademark used for a photocopying process or machine employing xerography. This trademark often occurs in print in uppercase or lowercase as a verb, an adjective, and a noun:"Juicy stories circulated . . . in a book proposal that was Xeroxed and read as an alternate beach book in the Hamptons" (Washington Post). "Letters you send should be xeroxed after you sign them" (Progressive Architecture). "To walk around the . . . campus during the strike was to be confronted with their fact sheets, their xeroxed research summaries and news clips" (San Francisco Chronicle). "The group's teacher . . . asked the children how they would feel if they received a Xeroxed thank-you card" (New York Times). "He reaches inside his windbreaker to his shirt pocket. He has four or five sheets of foolscap, xeroxes, I see, of court documents" (Scott Turow). The trademark sometimes occurs in print in figurative contexts: 施乐：商标名，用于采用静电复印术的影印过程或机器。该商标常印刷为大写体或小写体，可作为动词、形容词和名词来使用：“在汉普顿斯，低俗的故事被印出后当作另一种消遣读物，夹在推荐书目中传阅” （华盛顿邮报）。 “您发出的信件应当在您签字后复印” （现代建筑）。 “在他们罢课期间只要围着校园走一走就会看到许多揭露真相的传单、复印的调查摘要和新闻简要（在游行中绕着营地走走就会面对许多事实传单，复印的研究略要和小道消息）” （旧金山年鉴）。 “老师问孩子们，当他们收到一张复印的致谢卡时有什么感觉” （纽约时报）。 “他伸到风衣里面去找衬衣口袋，我知道他有四五张复印的大页纸，我想，是法庭文件” （斯科特·丢诺）。这个商标有时用于比喻意义中： 〔Isocrates〕Athenian orator and rhetorician whose letters and pamphlets are a valuable source of ancient Greek political thought.伊索克拉底：雅典雄辩家和修辞学家，他的信件和小册子是古代希腊政治思想的一个宝贵源泉〔correspondence〕The letters written or received.信件：写的或收到的信件〔ton〕tons of fan mail.无数发烧友的信件〔curious〕I watched him flip through the letters on my desk in his nosy way. See also Synonyms at strange 我看到他以好管闲事的方式轻翻着我桌子上的信件 参见同义词 strange〔instantaneous〕an instantaneous reply to my letter.对我的信件的即刻答复〔by〕letters by the thousands.数以千计的信件〔malign〕"a libel tending to asperse or vilify the house of Commons" (Letters of Junius).“倾向于诋毁、中伤众议院的诽谤言论” （米尼厄斯的信件）。〔charge〕letters pervaded with gloom;充满阴郁气息的信件；〔uncensored〕received uncensored correspondence from a theater of military operations; sells uncensored movies and novels.收到来自战区的未经检查的信件；出售未经审查的电影和小说 |
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